It had been four months since prom, four months since they'd last seen Tyler running from the Boarding house. Damon and Elena had broken the news about Elena and Caroline's pregnancies, about the hybrid baby to Tyler and Caroline. They'd reacted very differently. Caroline was shocked of course but within ten minutes she was crying tears of joy, Elena was aware of how badly Caroline had wanted babies and how devastated she'd been when that choice had been taken away from her, Tyler on the other hand paced back and forth around the room, his face screwed up in frustration, unable to accept that this was happening. In the end he'd bailed and last they'd heard he was travelling around California trying to clear his head.

Caroline was surprisingly coping very well considering this. She and Elena were closer than ever and Damon was helping her with everything he could. She and Elena were attending their final year of high school as usual; no one else knew they were pregnant except for their select few friends and they managed to hide it well with the lucky use of bulky winter clothing.

Both Elena and Caroline had had their 12 week scan. Damon held Elena's hand tightly as they saw their baby for the first time. The Sonographer moved the transducer over Elena's tummy.

"That's your baby" The sonographer said with a smile, twisting the screen for them to get a closer look.

"That's him." Elena gushed; looking from the screen to Damon's smiling face.

"…or her…" the sonographer added. "You never know."

Damon smirked down at Elena who tried not to laugh.

"So everything's okay?" Damon asked

"Everything looks great…really great actually." The Sonographer said pushing her glasses further up her nose. "Your baby seems very strong, it's very developed, look how clearly you can see it on the screen. It's incredible, I've never seen anything like this before, and I'm wondering if I should get someone else to take a look, a doctor maybe, it's incredible…"

Elena looked quickly at Damon who looked directly into the sonographer's eyes, compelling her "No. There's no need, really."

She looked right back at him and then said vaguely "no…there's no need." She looked confused for a second; she then shook her head slowly. "…so…do you want a picture?"

Caroline took Milo with her for her scan.

Damon and Elena were at the boarding house when they arrived home. They were watching a movie, Elena tucked under Damon's arm snugly.

"Well, how'd it go?" Elena said sitting up.

"Well…" Milo said awkwardly

"What? What's wrong?" Damon said urgently, looking at Caroline who was saying nothing.

Milo handed Damon an envelope, he opened it quickly and pulled out its contents.

"Oh!" Damon said loudly.

"What?" Elena said, looking anxious. She yanked the envelope from Damon and looked at the contents, it was a picture.

"Twins?" Elena yelled "Oh my God, Caroline!"

There was a flurry of girlie squeals as Elena and Caroline hugged each other, jumping up and down.

Damon stood up and hugged Caroline too. "Did you know about this?" he said to Milo over her shoulder

"No." Milo smiled, shaking his head. "I didn't know."

"I can't believe it." Caroline said, wiping her eyes. "It's everything I ever wanted."

Elena bit her lip, she was unsure if she should ask this, but she did. "Car, What about…Tyler…are you going to tell him?"

Caroline sighed. "No, I'm not. I'm going to do this myself; he's made his feeling very clear. These are my babies, I can do it alone."

"You're not going to be alone." Damon said, nudging her slightly with his elbow.

Caroline made an "aww." noise before she burst into tears and threw her arms around Damon, sobbing into his shoulder.

"Oh." Damon said, patting her awkwardly "Are you okay?"

"You're the sweetest guy ever, Damon Salvatore; I can't believe you used to be an ass…"

"Shh." Damon joked "Don't tell anyone, I have a reputation to think of…"

Elena laughed and then began crying too. She moved and hugged Caroline who finally let go of Damon.

Milo looked alarmed and stared at his father glad he didn't have to deal with this.

"Hormones. Sorry." Caroline said and she and Elena began laughing again.

When things had calmed down Elena went to Damon and secured her arms around her neck. "I love you." She mumbled into his neck.

"I love you too." He whispered. Kissing the top of her head.

"No really. I love you so much. I know I couldn't do this without you…"

Damon moved back so he was staring into her eyes. "This is Forever." He said as he placed his hand over her tiny bump.